John Dinkota (born 11 December 1994) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defender for Championnat National 2 club Jura Sud. Born in Switzerland, he holds both Canadian and Swiss citizenship.

Career

Born in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

, Switzerland, Dinkota and his family moved to

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

when he was seven years old. He started playing for local clubs before joining the academy of the Montreal Impact. He also played for

PDL PDL is an initialism for: Politics *Democratic Liberal Party (Romania), Democratic Liberal Party (''Partidul Democrat Liberal''), a former political party in Romania *Labour Democratic Party (''Partito Democratico del Lavoro''), a former politi ...

side Montreal Impact U23. He then joined

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affiliate side FC Montreal. Dinkota made his professional debut for FC Montreal on March 28, 2015 against

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. He started and played 78 minutes as FC Montreal lost 2–0. In May 2016, Dinkota signed with Mont-Royal Outremont in the PLSQ.

Personal life

Born in Switzerland, Dinkota is of Congolese descent. He moved to Canada at the age of 7.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinkota, John 1994 births Living people Footballers from Geneva Men's association football defenders Swiss men's footballers Canadian men's soccer players Swiss emigrants to Canada Swiss people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Canadian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent CF Montréal U23 players FC Montreal players CMS Oissel players CS Mont-Royal Outremont players Jura Sud Foot players USL League Two players USL Championship players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players